The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Some water bearers 6 “M*A*S*H” costar Alan
10 Dressed
14 “Kate & _ _ _” (1980s sitcom) 15 Tandoori chicken accompaniment 16 “In time we _ _ _ that which we often fear”: Shak. 17 First American to orbit the earth 19 Littlest speck
20 Born
21 Flinch, say
22 Made a choice 23 Fancy “so”
25 Selma march leader who served 17 terms in Congress
27 Pageant prize
29 Not learned 30 Introductory course?
31 Throws in
34 Its HQ is sometimes called “Crypto City” 35 Winter underwear … or what appear four times in this puzzle
39 “Eureka!” 42 Damage, so to speak
43 Football penalty markers 47 “Gracias!” response
50 With 63-Down, boxer who retired undefeated in 2007
51 Only U.S. president elected under the Federalist Party 56 Event with a royal court
57 Barber’s razor sharpener
58 Talk to shrilly 60 Dawg
61 Norse god portrayed in film by Chris Hemsworth 62 Broncos QB who won back-to-back Super Bowls 64 Bridle strap
65 “The Clan of the Cave Bear” heroine
66 “How about that!” 67 Logical operators that output “true” only if both inputs are true
68 Dry run
69 Like many bathroom floors
DOWN
1 Refrigerator decorations 2 Largest country in Africa
3 Bootleg, e.g. 4 Goose egg
5 Oracle
6 Yearly record 7 Jousting weapon
8 Italian poet who wrote “Nature is the art of God”
9 _ _ _ Taylor 10 Contribute
11 Like some Hmong 12 Bears witness
13 Its shores have the lowest landbased elevation on Earth
18 Fish with “snowflake” and “sawtooth” varieties
22 Have title to 24 Unwritten
26 One might be made on a birthday
28 Kerfuffle
31 In the past 32 CD players?
33 .
36 Sports org. with more than a thousand members
37 Sports org. in which five members have bird names
38 *How rude!*
39 2019 Brad Pitt sci-fi movie whose title means “to the stars”
40 Pagan 41 iOS alternative 44 Court failure 45 “Hallelujah!” 46 Siberian sled dog 48 Decorates
49 Fist bump 52 “Baloney!”
53 Busy places at Christmas
54 Food fight sound effect
55 Old saying 59 Nincompoop
62 Make a fast stop? 63 See 50-Across